Water Cooler: RIP Val Kilmer, Discworld, The Studio, and More

Water Cooler: RIP Val Kilmer, Discworld, The Studio, and More

Author: SlashFilm.com April 2, 2025 Duration: 32:05

On the April 2, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Jacob Hall to gather around the virtual water cooler and talk about what they’ve been watching.

Before we get to that, RIP Val Kilmer.

In the Water Cooler:

  • What we’ve been Doing:
  • Jacob ran two half marathons and then suffered a terrible accident. 
  • What we’ve been Reading:
  • Ben read The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins.
  • Jacob read The Path to Paradise by Sam Wasson, and has begun reading Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. 
  • What we’ve been Watching:
  • Ben has been watching a bunch of stuff he can’t talk about yet, but he wants to talk about The Brutalist 4K. 
  • Jacob watched Warfare, Mickey 17, The Studio, and The Pitt. 
  • What we’ve been Playing:
  • Ben has been listening to The Serpent and the Rainbow score.

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